Our public schools are better than many lawmakers and office candidates portray them to be – people who have never spent time as educators. A lot better. And the problem is not the schools. The problem is the lawmaking body that controls the narrative of how schools are performing. With the constant dialogue that “we … Continue reading NC’s Public Schools Are Better Than What Many Want You To Believe
About The New Budget Proposal For Teacher Raises
It's a framework. It has not been passed. It refuses to offer back pay to teachers from this past year. Budgets in North Carolina are biennially written. The people who put it together work only a fraction of the time that teachers have this past year. Having already taken away graduate degree pay, longevity pay, … Continue reading About The New Budget Proposal For Teacher Raises
Please Remember That NC’s State Budget Is BIENNIAL – It Covers TWO Years
When Pat McCrory was governor, the GOP super majority changed budget protocol and made the state budget a biennial process. In an odd-numbered year, a budget is set forth to encompass the next two fiscal years. Amendments to the budget can be made in even-numbered years. Furthermore, if a budget is not passed, then the … Continue reading Please Remember That NC’s State Budget Is BIENNIAL – It Covers TWO Years
A New Budget? Well Phil Made Sure Not To Give Teachers Backpay.
First, the word "average" means that not all get the same raise. Second, there will be no back pay for teachers. From NC Newsline: "The pay increases will not be retroactive, but would begin with the budget year that starts July 1. Teachers and state employees would also receive bonuses based on their salaries."
You Can’t Put “Kids First” If You Put Teachers Last
Remembering this tweet from one Tricia Cotham right after she switched parties and who is up for reelection this year. Sen. Phil Berger and his cronies including people like Tricia Cotham have had well over 12 years to “improve” our public education system. 12. The number of grades in a standard progression through a public … Continue reading You Can’t Put “Kids First” If You Put Teachers Last
Where is CANVAS?
Not on my teacher profile today. Or for any NC student at this point of the school year with EOCTs, EOGTs, and other end-of-year tests approaching. Apparently, there was a hacking.
Heard About The Results Of The 2026 NC Teacher Working Conditions Survey?
A report on preminary findings can be found in the link through this report:
For The Person Who Thinks Teachers Are Asking For Too Much.
Maybe first consider what has been taken away over the last two decades in such a surgical manner that it required gerrymanderd anasthesia and artificially sweetened propaganda to make sure it was ingested. In place 20 years agoNow in 2026Caps on class sizes in all grades.No class size caps and when they were floated as … Continue reading For The Person Who Thinks Teachers Are Asking For Too Much.
Winston-Salem Is The “City Of Arts & Innovation”- It’s Time To Innovate To Save The Arts In Public Schools
The title page for the Visit Winston-Salem website includes this graphic: "City of Arts & Innovation." But this is happening in our schools: And the students are literally begging the school system and the county commisioners to be innovative and save the very programs that help keep students engaged in all of their academic endeavors. … Continue reading Winston-Salem Is The “City Of Arts & Innovation”- It’s Time To Innovate To Save The Arts In Public Schools
This Week Is “Teacher Appreciation Week” – So, Do You Feel Appreciated?
A partisan state supreme court negated the LEANDRO decision. The NCGA is throwing even more money to vouchers. There are accusations of indoctrination and grooming as well as attacks on books taught in schools. Plus there were school board candidates recently running on platforms that deny the veracity vaccines and science. For over years, educators … Continue reading This Week Is “Teacher Appreciation Week” – So, Do You Feel Appreciated?
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